Robert Elsworth BRITTON

1897 - 1965  (68 years)

• Name	Robert Elsworth BRITTON
  Birth	5 Mar 1897	Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Military	U.S. Army, WW I (9 months, duty at Camp Lee, Virginia)  [1]
  Census	1900	Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
  Census	1940	West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
  Military	From 27 Aug 1942 to 31 Mar 1943
  	U.S. Army, World War II (Camp Polk, Louisiana)
  Occupation	field foreman for Equitable Gas Co (37 yrs)  [1]
  Residence	Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV   [1, 5]
  Death	23 Nov 1965	Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV   [2, 3, 6]
  Burial	Plant Cemetery (aka Fittro), Katy Lick, Harrison Co, WV   [3, 7, 8]
  Person ID	I7851	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	George B. McClellan BRITTON,   b. 10 Dec 1862, Monongalia Co, (W)VA d. 1912 (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Eleanor MAULSBY,   b. 17 Oct 1869, Ritchie Co, WV d. 10 Jul 1943, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F2802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Jane SWEENEY,   b. 26 Jul 1900, Doddridge Co, WV d. 27 Apr 1979, Holbrook, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	21 May 1918	Doddridge Co, WV   [9]
  Divorce	Y  [8]
  Children	+ 1. Quentin Roosevelt "Joe" BRITTON,   b. 31 Mar 1919, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV d. 27 Jun 1999, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH (Age 80 years)   2. Edith Carrelle BRITTON,   b. 31 May 1921   d. 8 Jun 1921, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 0 years) > 3. Helen Grace BRITTON,   b. 19 Jun 1924, Ritchie Co, WV d. 22 Feb 1980, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 55 years) + 4. Robert Junior BRITTON,   b. 31 May 1926, Holbrook, Doddridge Co, WV d. 27 Feb 2013, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 86 years) + 5. William Scott BRITTON,   b. 13 Jun 1930, Holbrook, Doddridge Co, WV d. 27 Aug 2005, Grand Junction, Mesa Co, CO (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F2803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mildred Lorraine FITTRO,   b. 3 Aug 1913, Katy Lick, Harrison Co, WV d. 10 Jan 1990, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 76 years)  [10]
  Family ID	F10409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S14] Obituary. [S15] Social Security Death Index. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database). [S1932] Social Security Death Index. [S1693] Obituary - Veterans Administration Hospital. [S934] Findagrave.com. [S681] Robert Junior (1926-2013) & Laurel Nutter (1924-2011) Britton, West Union, WV. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 10, p 226 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795387&Type=Marriage. Identified as Robert E. Britton, age 21 as of Mar 5 1918, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Mary Sweeney, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married May 21 1918 at the parsonage of Gregory Bleakly, Minister of the M.E. Church. [S1620] Death record of husband.